Tonya Harding's Skating Scandal

The Tonya Harding and Nancy Kerrigan rivalry makes headlines in the '90s.
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It was the whack heard around the world. On January 6, 1994, figure skater Nancy Kerrigan was attacked while training for the U.S. Figure Skating Championships. The assailants struck her in the knee with a metal baton, leaving her injured and unable to compete.

With Nancy on the sidelines, her biggest rival, Tonya Harding, skated to victory. As both women prepared to compete in the 1994 Winter Olympics, rumors began circulating that Tonya was involved in the assault, which caused an international media frenzy.

"This story had it all," Oprah says. "Drama, scandal, heartbreak, controversy [and] competition."
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